Here’s what’s happening inside my pocket watch. I slowed the video down a little bit to show the balance wheel moving. This watch was made before the Great Depression and it keeps time now, after 2 repairs at the watch shop.
A smart watch will die within 5 years and be put where all the other disposable tech gadgets go.
#watchstr #grownostr
Great piece!
Thanks!! It was a friend’s great-grandfather’s pocket watch and was given to me about 8 years ago.
That’s awesome. Take care of it, oil it regularly, and it’ll last even more generations.
Yup definitely! 👍 my friend owns a watch shop 1 block down the street. I worked for him for a couple months as well, assembling & cleaning watches. I love mechanical watches because everything in them is accessible and fixable.
Very nice movement 😎🤙
Im so glad to know a watchmaker that could help me with it.
He was able to get it up and running pretty quick, the staff needed to be replaced but he was able to get someone to machine a new one for him.
Other than that, the watch just needed to be disassembled, cleaned and reassembled and it’s been keeping amazing time.
The case hinge is broken and since it’s gold-filled I can’t get a replacement. So I just have it as a beautiful desk clock now which is A-OK by me!
😎 awesome! chefs kiss 🤌
Beautiful. In our sunroom, we have a 1940 Westclox Baby Ben table clock that still functions perfectly. Bought it at a yard sale in my Rust Belt city for one Federal Reserve Trading Stamp.
